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JOHN B. FIN K, OF GLAUSSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO THOMPSON DIEHL, OF SAME PLACE. I

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SPECIFICATION forming part ofLette-rs Patent No. 317,936, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed March 3, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concerm Be it known that I, JOHN B. FINK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olaussville, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Tailors Goose; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Figure 1 of the drawings is avertical longitudinal sectional view of a goose embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse seetional View taken on the lines x x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a view of a side elevation; and Fig. 5 is a sectional detail View of the hook and its connecting screw-bolt. This invention has relation to improvements in tailors smoothing and pressing irons and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

The body of the goose is made in two sections, at and b, both of which are perforated in the hand-piece g, to reverse the goose-body to present the most highlyheated portion to the surface to be pressed or ironed. The perforated section a is provided with studs h h near its edges, and the section b is provided with hooks i i, regulated by tighteningscrews k k,

5 operated by a wrench to hold the hooks in place when in engagement with the studs. The gravitating or oscillating lamp 0 consists of a cylinder having end journals seated in bearings at the junction of the body-sections a b, so that the burners will always be upperinost, the filling-point being in line with the the usual manner to aid the combustion of the Y burners. The burners Z are composed of a threaded tube, on, provided with a wick, the threads of the tube being external. An internally-threaded cap or sleeve, 01, is screwed upon the externally threaded tube m, and serves to regulate the power of theflame. The upper section of the body of the goose receives the heat of the flames from the burners, and when this section is first heated it is reversed by changing the handle and is employed to press or iron the fabric to be treated. After the section has been heated and is used to press or iron the fabric, the uppermost section becomes heated from the flames of the burners, and is ready for use as soon as the previouslyheated section has become too cool for use; but I have discovered that after both sections have been heated and are in constant use the flame from the burners is too great and needs to be lessened. I therefore provided the threaded sleeves for the threaded tubes, and by turning said sleeves up on the threaded tubes I can lessen the size of the flame, and consequently diminish and regulate the heat, so that I am enabled to have a uniform heat from the burners. I use alcohol exclusively as the vehicle for feeding the flames, and the expense of an iron of this structure will not exeeed fifteen cents per diem if used constantly. 8;)

The hand-piece proper is of wood or other non-conducting material. One end of the hand-piece is provided with a swivel-bolt, 0, which engages the handle-iron p, and is provided with an eye, p, for the passage of the 8 5 locking-rod q. The other end of the hand piece 9 is provided with a plate, r, having an eye, r, through its upper end, through which the locking-rod q passes.

One end of the locking-rod q is provided 0 with a handle, 8, and the other end is provided with a T head or button, t. The plate 1* is provided on its outer face, near its lower end, with a stud, a, which engages a recess, a, in the under edge of the arch a of the bifurcated handle-iron p. The handle-iron 1) has a vertical extension, 12, above the arch, which is provided with a slot, w, for the reception of the T-head of the locking-rod q. After the T-head of the locking-rod is passed through the slot w, the rod q is turned by the lever nut,

8, until its button t is brought to a right angle iron the locking-rod is turned so that the handle-iron 10 may be turned away from the button, and the iron lying on the mat may be manipulated by turning the handle-irons, together with the hand-piece and locking-rod,

, over the ends of the body of the gooseto the opposite face of the iron, and locked in said position, as before, thereby bringing the recently-heated section of the body below, ready for use. The surface that has been cooled by use is then over-the flames from the burners to be again heated, and when thelowersection becomes too cool the handleis again reversed.

As before stated, when the sections of the body have been once heated .the flames from the burners need not be so large as for the first heating, and I therefore turn the sleeves up on the threaded burner-tubes, and thereby di- 2o minish the size of the flames without interfering with the wick. By this construction I am enabled to produce a reliable, durable, and economical goose for tailors use.

Having thus fully described my invention, 25

the bifurcated handle-irons, the swiveled hauo dle-piece, and the locking-rod for connecting the handle-irons, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. FINK. Witnesses:

E. H. Buns, JOHN A. Monnow. 

